Improvement in baskets



S. FRIEND.

Baskets.

Patent-ed Feb. 25, 1879.

INVENTOIR:

BY M MMM/ l6 ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES N FUERSI Pl'iO1'OLI'I'HOGRAPNERA WASHINGTON. D, O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL FRIEND, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

IM PROVEMENT I N BASKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 212,679, dated February 25, 1879; application filed December 30, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL FRIEND, of Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baskets, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates specifically to the construction of a combined wood and metal basket, the object whereof is to provide a strong and durable basket useful for various purposes, that will retain its shape and appearance, and will not allow the contents to leak out or waste.

It consists in making the basket of light sheet-metal sides, attached. to a wooden bottom by crimping the edges over a rib on the periphery of the bottom, and fixing the handle and lid to it in such a way that they can be removed to enable the basket to be packed and stored.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the basket. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line a m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail of the handle and connecting (310SS-1)I6C6, to which the lids are attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the sides of the basket, made of sheet metal, and flaring outward from bottom to top, in the usual manner. B is the bottom, made of wood, of the same shape as the basket. On the pe riphery or edge of this bottom is made a groove, 0, and below this is a rib or lip, 12,

both running all around the edge. This bottom is set into the basket-sides, near the lower edges thereof, and then these edges are crimped into the groove and over and under the lip, so that the very edge will loop under the lip, as. clearly shown at c in Figs. 1 and 2. The ob ject of this is to obtain a strong connection between the bottom B and the sides of the basket without the use of tacks or any other fastening that necessitates puncturing the metal. Another object is to enable the joint to be maintained when the wood shrinks or expands. 4

In the first place, in shrinking, the hold given to the connection enables the lip to draw the metal in when the bottom shrinks,

and to bend it out when it expands without starting the joint. Thus leakage is prevented either through the joint when made or when the bottom expands or shrinks.

0 represents the basket-handle. D is the cross-piece, made of wood, under the handle, to which the lids E E are hinged.

Midway of the length of the basket, 011 either side, near the bottom, is placed a socket-piece, cl. Into these sockets the ends 6 c of the bandle are entered. In line with these sockets, near the top of the sides, are holes ff, corresponding with holes in the handle, and through these bolts 1 are passed, securing the handle to the sides, as shown in the drawings.

At the level of the top of the basket a notch, h, is made in each arm of the handle, on the inside. In the ends of the cross piece D a notch, 2', is made. In the notches i 1; of the cross-piece the arms of the handle are received, while the notches h h receive the ends of the cross-piece. Thus it is prevented from becoming displaced in either direction, and is held securely to the handle.

To the cross-piece, on either side, the lids E E are hinged. These lids are made of light sheet metal, and at their free ends are spring catches Z Z, which engage the rounded-upper edge of the basket-body. This edge is turned over so as to incase a stiffenin grod, j, of metal or wood. 5

To make the basket, the metal sides are cut out the proper shape and size, and the ends folded and hammered or soldered together. The bottom is then prepared with its lip and groove, and inserted in the body down to the lower edges, which are then crimped into the groove and over and under the lip by any suitable tool or machine. The cross -pieoe and handle are then joined together, and the ends of the handle inserted in the sockets, and secured in place by the bolts g.

A basket made in this way is strong, dnra ble, and economical. It is impossible for the contents, whether liquid or solid, to leak or waste, as the connection of the body with the bottom is perfectly tight.

The advantage of having a wooden bottom is, that it will not dent or jam, or be easily per forated by being set down on nails or tacks,

1 the easily-adjusted fastenings for the handle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improvement in baskets, the sheetmetal sides A, in combination with the wooden The metal sidesv bottom 13, when the connection is made by crimping the lower edges of the sides into the groove 01., and over and under the lip b, to form a tight connection therewith, substantially as described.

2. The handle 0, provided with notches h, to receive the ends of the cross-piece D, and secured to the basket by the socket d and bolts g, substantially as described.

3. The cross-piece D, made of wood, to which the lids E are hinged, provided with slotted ends 6, in combination with handle 0, provided with slots 7b, to receive the ends of crosspiece D, substantially as described.

, SAMUEL FRIEND.

Witnesses:

J AS. H. MILLIKIN, W. P. HUNTER. 

